CO2 is Green

New Mexico State Sen. Kent Cravens announced earlier this week that he is running for lieutenant governor. In a video of Craven’s announcement by reporter Peter St. Cyr, Cravens says “CO2, I didn’t think, is a harmful thing,” Cravens said. “I thought that’s what plants need. I don’t know, I’m not a scientist.”
Carbon dioxide is [...]

In addition to television ads, the controversial oil and coal industry-backed group CO2 is Green also bought a half-page ad in the Albuquerque Journal, notes Journal science writer John Fleck on his ABQJournal blog. But the group might not be getting its desired result from the ads.

While a new climate bill will be unveiled in the Senate this week, some groups are working to oppose the legislation, including one based out of Montana that claims carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, and that “higher CO2 levels than we have today would help the Earth’s ecosystems.” The group has run TV ads in [...]